Playing Quotes

I grew up playing field hockey and lacrosse - prep school sport - and I was terrible at them.

I was playing this horrible part. I didn't didn't want to play it because the character was an awful racist. But I'm glad I did it because I met Sidney Poitier.

I love playing odd roles.

I can turn on some jazz guitarist, and he won't do a thing for me, if he's not playing electrically. But Jeff Beck's great to listen to.

For playing a man to a square to which it cannot be legally moved, the adversary, at his option, may require him to move the man legally, or to move the King.

Same job, whether it's comedy or drama. Regardless of the weight of the role, I feel like the job is always kind of the same. Who is this person? What's this guy here, and how is he playing with this thing, and what's he trying to say? And what's the volley with all these other people around him?

How can you get tired of playing golf?

In my fantasies, I always wanted to play the ingenue, but in reality, in my bones, I am so used to playing the grandmother that I don't feel safe or even sure that I can do it.

I love playing Junior; he's so fun... Under it all, he's a good guy, just a little bit spoiled.

I gave up lots of things I love doing: writing, and business, and playing the piano and so on.

David was the kind of guy who was totally supportive of the actors and instructed the writing staff to trust the actor's instincts, since after all, it's the actors playing the character.

Know the names of past and current artists who are most famous for playing their instruments.

I remember once when I told Lindsay Anderson at a party that acting was just a sophisticated way of playing cowboys and Indians he almost had a fit.

You never see what you want to see, forever playing to the gallery.

As a developing musician, skiffle became a platform for me to start playing music.

There was never going to be a right time for a band that was still recording and had health in its environment, had made a very good record and was playing well.

I just like playing with the band and doing what I do.

I have multipersonality disorder - in a very good way, of course - when it comes to my fashion choices. When I first started playing around with my look, it was more of a Dita Von Teese pinup thing. Dita's really dedicated.

Playing with friends is a victory.

I'm sure people think that I'm out in left field you know, playing by myself.

I also thought of playing improvisational jazz and I did take lessons for a while. At first I tried to write fiction by making up things that were completely alien to my life.

The way I grew up playing, and the way most Americans have grown up, is that you hit the ball up in the air and then it stops where it lands.

I like sports, and I enjoy playing basketball and lifting weights.

I'm not that complicated as an actor. I have a formula in which I work, yeah. But not like Sean Penn does. Sean is one of the few actors I know who can work like that, actually becoming the character he is playing, and get consistent results. I don't believe you can ever be someone else. You manifest different levels of your own personality to come up with a character.

The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play.

I have always had trouble recognizing myself in the features of the intellectual playing his political role according to the screenplay that you are familiar with and whose heritage deserves to be questioned.

I wanted to be a football player. Football is a sport that I love, but the more I started playing basketball, the more I started dreaming of playing in the NBA.

We had an opportunity to clinch a playoff berth and I think if that's not enough motivation I don't think you should be playing this game.

I loved playing the guitar and I knew I was pretty good at it, so that's what I wanted to do with my life.

I'm kind of a builder of institutions. I think I've got some ability to look at what's out here, look at a playing field, and identify gaps and niches.